title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Policlinico Tor Vergata University, V.le Oxford, 81, Rome, Italy 00133. Electronic address: pompeo@med.uniroma2.it.
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pompeo
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001340:Autonomic Nerve Block; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*
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